Chaplain to University Students in Namibia
 

Who says Dick Albertine is retired? He is active as ever. One of his ministries in Windhoek, Namibia is chaplain to university students – at the University of Namibia (UNAM) and at the Windhoek School of Education. Primary is the celebration of the Sunday Liturgy on each campus. Dick’s lively participatory homilies engage the 60 young men and women from various African countries at UNAM. Then there is the weekly Small Christian Community of students also called “Bible Study” and “Bible Reflection.” Here is an example: After Pope John Paul II died in April, 2005 15 UNAM students (seven girls and eight boys) gathered for about one hour and fifteen minutes on Wednesday evening in a vacant classroom to reflect on the deceased pope’s importance for the world based on Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 2 and the Gospel of St. John, Chapter 17. There was a good group dynamic that included five to six minute sharing in smaller groups of three students each. Occasionally Dick helps to facilitate "encounter weekends" for the students.

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